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Dalai Lama apologizes for 'attractive' female successor remark

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The Dalai Lama wants to clarify his recent joke that a female Dalai Lama would have to be "more attractive."The Tibetan spiritual leader made the controversial comment in a wide-ranging interview with the BBC last week. He had previously told the British broadcaster in 2015 that a future Dalai Lama could be a woman but would have to be good looking or "not much use." In a statement released Tuesday, his office said, "His Holiness genuinely meant no offense. He is deeply sorry that people have been hurt by what he said and offers his sincere apologies."  The Dalai Lama has consistently emphasized "the need for people to connect with each other on a deeper human level, rather than getting caught up in preconceptions based on superficial appearances," the statement added. According to his office, the Dalai Lama has "a keen sense of the contradictions between the materialistic, globalized world he encounters on his travels and the complex, more esoteric ideas about reincarnation that are at the heart of Tibetan Buddhist tradition. However, it sometimes happens that off the cuff remarks, which might be amusing in one cultural context, lose their humor in translation when brought into another."  The statement goes on to say that the Dalai Lama opposes the objectification of women and supports gender equality; under his leadership, Tibetan nuns in exile have earned Geshe-ma degrees -- a high level of scholarship previously reserved only for male monks.

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